MatBio: COASTAL and ESTUARINE PLANTS - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

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Dwarf glasswort ¹
Salicornia bigelovii

Perennial Glasswort ²
Sarcocornia perennis

Sea Blite ³
Suaeda linearis

Baldwin's Nailwort
Paronychia baldwinii

American Nailwort
Paronychia americana

Polygonum punctatum punctatum ⁴

Southern Amaranth ⁵
Amaranthus australis

Pink Purslane; Kiss-Me-Quick ⁶
Portulaca pilosa

Pricklypear ⁷
Opuntia humifusa

Erect Pricklypear ⁸
Opuntia stricta

Tall Jointweed ⁹
Polygonella gracilis

Prickly Russian Thistle ¹⁰
Salsola kali

Crested Saltbush ¹¹
Atriplex pentandra

Salt Sandspurry ¹⁰
Spergularia marina

Sea Purslane ¹²
Sesuvium portulacastrum

Sea Lavender ¹³
Limonium carolinianum

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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MatBio: COASTAL and ESTUARINE PLANTS - Matanzas Biodiversity

Dwarf glasswort 1 Salicornia bigelovii

Perennial Glasswort 2 Sarcocornia perennis

Sea Blite 3 Suaeda linearis

Baldwin's Nailwort Paronychia baldwinii

American Nailwort Paronychia americana

Polygonum punctatum punctatum 4

Southern Amaranth 5 Amaranthus australis

Pink Purslane; Kiss-Me-Quick 6 Portulaca pilosa

Pricklypear 7 Opuntia humifusa

Erect Pricklypear 8 Opuntia stricta

Tall Jointweed 9 Polygonella gracilis

Prickly Russian Thistle 10 Salsola kali

Crested Saltbush 11 Atriplex pentandra

Salt Sandspurry 10 Spergularia marina

Sea Purslane 12 Sesuvium portulacastrum

Sea Lavender 13 Limonium carolinianum